"Opinions derived from long experience are exceedingly valuable, and outweigh all others, while they are consistent with facts and with each other; but they are worse than useless when they lead, as in this instance, to directly opposite opinions."
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Peter Barlow (mathematician)
Peter Barlow (13 October 1776 – 1 March 1862) was an English mathematician and physicist.
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